Usually means: Insect that skates on water.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (water strider)

▸ noun:  Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.

Similar:
pond-skater, water skater, waterstrider, water measurer, strider, gerrid, marsh treader, water bug, water skipper, skater, more...

Opposite:
sinker, submerged, diver, plunger, descender

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Similar:
pond-skater, water skater, waterstrider, water measurer, strider, gerrid, marsh treader, water bug, water skipper, skater, more...

Opposite:
sinker, submerged, diver, plunger, descender



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